Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana

Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Ontario
Statistics
Area	108,830 km² (42,020 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 33,300 26,500 (79.6%)
Parishes	18
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 December 1938
Cathedral	Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
Secular priests	18
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.
Bishops emeritus	Vincent Cadieux, OMI Robert Bourgon

The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee.^[1] The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

History

The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920.

Ordinaries

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945), appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993)
Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995)
André Vallée, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005)
Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016)
- He continued as Bishop of Moosonee, a position he had held since 1991. This appointment joined the two dioceses only through him, in persona episcopi, but did not create a single diocesan administration.^[2]^[3]
Robert Bourgon (2016 - 2020)^[3]
Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2020 - 2022) as Apostolic Administrator
Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2022 - present)

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1938	Diocese of Haileybury	Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James

References

^ "Resignations and Appointments, 03.12.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 25.07.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.